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In article <46549@netnews.upenn.edu> yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) writes:
>
> >The State of New Jersey wants to License Computer Professionals!!!!
> >THIS IS A CROCK OF *&()*^!!!!
> >The time to act is now! Contact Govenor Jim, your Assembly and Senate
> >representatives and tell them how you feel.
> >I am working on obtaining a copy of the bill & may post it if feasible.
>
> >Excerpts from a Newark Star-Ledger article (July 12, pp 31-32) explain:
> >
> >                 "Licensing bill rattles industry"
> >
> >    An astonished software industry is moving to stop a programmer licensing
> >bill that is already halfway to becoming law in New Jersey.
> >   The licensing program is primarily aimed at those who hire out their
> >services as computer program designers, but industry experts said it could
> >affect thousands more who work for companies that provide software and
> >services.
>
>Ok, I'll bite.  What's the problem?  Licensing merely mandates a minimum
>level of competency.  Many other professions have licensing procedures
>for exactly that reason.  Would you prefer to be treated by a doctor who
>did not have a license to practice medicine?
>
>--
>					Conway Yee, N2JWQ
>yee@ming.mipg.upenn.edu    (preferred)             231 S. Melville St.
>cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (forwarded to above)    Philadelphia, Pa 19139
>yee@bnlx26.nsls.bnl.gov    (rarely checked)        (215) 386-1312


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